Given name & surname
Skender
Skender is a masculine given name. It is used in Northern Kurdish.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Skender isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Skender through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 11 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 328 as a first name in 2020; 387 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Skender’s family of names
In Northern Kurdish usage, Skender has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alexander. In Kurdish usage, Skender has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alejandro. In Kurdish usage, Skender has a conventional equivalent in the French form Alexandre.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Skender has relatives in 8 languages.
8 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Skender
- Skender KulenovićBosnian writer (1910–1978)
- Isgandar HamidovAzerbaijani politician (1948–2020)
- Mihaloğlu İskender PashaOttoman sanjakbey1434–1504
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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